Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to Cryptococcus albidus pneumonia : case report and review of the literature
(2007) In Medical Mycology 45(5). p.73-469- Abstract
Although cryptococcal infections due to Cryptococcus neoformans are frequently reported in the immunosuppressed patients, infections related to other Cryptococcus spp. are rarely reported. We are reporting a case of pulmonary infection and ARDS due to C. albidus in a patient receiving immunosuppressive therapy because of Still's disease. The diagnosis was made by tissue biopsy and culture. The patient responded to treatment with amphotericin B lipid complex 400 mg/day. The case is significant in that it reminds of yeasts as a cause of community acquired infection in the immunosuppressed patients.
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- author
- Burnik, C ; Altintas, N D ; Ozkaya, G LU ; Serter, T ; Selçuk, Z T ; Firat, P ; Arikan, S ; Cuenca-Estrella, M and Topeli, A
- publishing date
- 2007-08
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Adult, Amphotericin B/therapeutic use, Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use, Biopsy, Cryptococcosis/complications, Cryptococcus/classification, Drug Combinations, Humans, Lung/microbiology, Male, Phosphatidylcholines/therapeutic use, Phosphatidylglycerols/therapeutic use, Pneumonia/complications, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult/drug therapy
- in
- Medical Mycology
- volume
- 45
- issue
- 5
- pages
- 5 pages
- publisher
- Oxford University Press
- external identifiers
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- pmid:17654275
- scopus:34547604848
- ISSN
- 1369-3786
- DOI
- 10.1080/13693780701386015
- language
- English
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- no
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- d4415479-39f3-4f29-b008-99e23bb57df5
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